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I honestly don’t understand why there aren’t more people who, when given the platform to discuss minimum wage, don’t simply distill it to the simplest of facts:

A forty hour work week is considered full time.

It’s considered as such because it takes up the amount of time we as a society have agreed should be considered the maximum work schedule required of an employee. (this, of course, does not always bear out practically, but just follow me here)

A person working the maximum amount of time required should earn enough for that labor to be able to survive. Phrased this way, I doubt even most conservatives could effectively argue against it, and out of the mouth of someone verbally deft enough to dance around the pathos-based jabs conservative pundits like to use to avoid actually debating, it could actually get opps thinking.

Therefore, if an employee is being paid less than [number of dollars needed for the post-tax total to pay for the basic necessities in a given area divided by forty] per hour, they are being ripped off and essentially having their labor, productivity, and profit generation value stolen by their employer.

Wages are a business expense, and if a company cannot afford to pay for its labor, it is by definition a failing business. A company stealing labor to stay afloat (without even touching those that do so simply to increase profit margins and/or management/executive pay/bonuses) is no more ethical than a failing construction company breaking into a lumber yard and stealing wood.

Our goal as a society should be to protect each other, especially those that most need protection, not to subsidize failing businesses whose owners could quite well subsidize them on their own.

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So recently my family and I have been struggling a lot financially. We are 1 month late on our rent and me and my brother had to stop studying because of COVID. So I decided to post my services as a spanish tutor on fiverr, but I'm also posting them here for anyone who wants to learn spanish or needs help with classwork and homework in spanish.

-10 spanish lessons of 45 minutes each ($25)

-Spanish crash course for those who want to review their knowledge or prepare for exams ($10 + the paypal fee)

-Proofreading/editing and reviewing any text written in spanish ($5 every 800 words)

-Doing your classwork or spanish homework ($25 every 5 assignments + paypal fees // if it's an essay or anything that requires research, dm me)

-Taking your spanish exams for you ($35)

If anyone would like to help and wants more information on my tutoring fees, dm me and I will gladly help you. Reblogs are also appreciated ❤

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Get the old version of you out your head. You are no longer your old self. You are who you want to be.

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“There are times when my longing for you overwhelms me [...] so often i can think of you only with teeth clenched.”

- Franz Kafka, from letters to Felice

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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call me ignorant but i genuinely don’t understand why sports have to be split up by gender.

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catradora + thinking they’re going to die to save each other 

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when catra told adora “i’m sorry! for everything!” she wasn’t just apologizing for her past actions she was saying “i’m sorry i was wrong and i hurt you and i’m not going to survive this so i will never get to do anything else to make it up to you, i will never get to make real amends, i will never get to be your friend again, even though your friendship was everything to me, even though your love was everything to me, even though it’s the one thing i ever really wanted. i never wanted power, i wanted you, because i love you, and because i love you i cannot let you die, and perhaps that is okay because i am unforgivable anyway, so this is the only way i can repay you for all the times you were kind to me when you didn’t need to be, and it’s not enough but it’s all that i have and all i can do so i’m sorry for leaving things between us like this, i’m sorry for this bitter present past and future” and the thought of it makes me want to die

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suddenly remembered this poem as i was making breakfast this morning & frantically googled “poem remembered to buy eggs?????????” & somehow managed to find it & it utterly knocked the wind out of me just as much as when i first read it

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On soulmates: The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano, No one has taken anything away - Maria Tsvetaeva, Girl From Nowhere (ep. 8 - Lost & Found), Self Control - Frank Ocean, Spirited Away, Strangers on a Train - Cecilia Pesao (The New York Times), Closeness Lines - Olivia de Recat

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turkey and azerbaijan are attacking armenia right now, and it's 1915 all over again because the world is distracted and people are too busy wondering if they're gonna live or die, and who gives a shit about my country anyway? my mum told me to tell my friends and explain to them what's happening and that we are the victims in this war because azerbaijan is spreading lies and people are believing their lies and i told her, what good is that going to do? do you think anyone's going to come to our aid? is russia going to help us? is america? is england? erdogan said they will finish what their ancestors started, and he means genocide. he means ethnic cleansing. he means to massacre every last one of us. and in doing so admitted to the very same thing turkey has spent 105 years denying. i don't know who to tell and what good telling people will do because we're a small, insignificant country, and we have nothing to offer to the people in power, the handful who rule the world. so i sit here with my pain and i feel helpless. i know there's twitter threads and links to petitions and people being urged to contact their senators, and sorry if im being pessimistic, but azerbaijan has been attacking us for the last 22 years, and though we defend ourselves, we can't do anything to stop them. they've violated ceasefires (and geneva conventions) multiple times. i don't think they'll rest until every last one of us is dead.

we just want peace. we just want to live peacefully. we're not asking for a lot here.

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Hello everyone! I'm working on these miniseries about Sibyl Vane, one of the characters of The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde.

It's her story told by her, instead of Dorian, and in the modern days.

First episode aired today (nov 1st), but every Saturday at 10pm GMT (London time) there'll be another, to a total of 5. They're 5 minutes each so they should be an easy watch.

If you like Wilde, classic literature, Shakespeare, or strong female characters who deserve better, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

I'm doing this on my own. I write, perform and edit every video, and I'm not a professional on any way, but this is a fun little thing that gives me so much joy and I want to share it with as much people as I can.

So please, if you enjoy this video, subscribe to my channel to support me. I will be eternally grateful!

Hope you enjoy the video! 💛

Patricia Lutzardo.

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(via Turkish woman allegedly kills abusive husband, becomes social media icon)

“Will women always die? Let some men die too,” Dogan told police. “I killed him for my honor.”

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⚠️ WE NEED YOUR ATTENTION ⚠️

This is what's happening in Thailand. We are calling for democracy. The protesters are unarmed and now they are arrested. So, we need global help. Please share and spread these info as much as you can. Thank you very much!

**You can get more info via hashtag #WhatsHappeningInThailand on twitter as well**

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I think we deserve

A soft epilogue, my love

We are good people

And we've suffered enough.

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